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Chris Krebs, director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), has been fired by President Trump. His crime? Making a “highly inaccurate” statement about the 2020 presidential election. CISA called the election “the most secure … Continue reading Trump Fires DHS Cybersecurity Agency Over Election Remarks
That story about the Chinese woman accused of unauthorized entry to Trump’s Mar-a-Lago? It gained a weird new twist this week. The Feds protecting the President supposedly found a USB stick and did the last thing you should ever do with an untrusted d… Continue reading Trump Secret Service USB OpSec FAIL: ‘Spy’ Story Gets Weirder
The insider threat is typically viewed as an action perpetrated by a malicious insider who is seeking retribution against an employer or engaged in a nefarious activity for profit. While these are certainly examples of how it often plays out, there is … Continue reading 9/24/2018: Dtex, Insider Threat, Privacy News: CEO Christy Wyatt Tells Enterprise Times UK How to Handle Negligent Insider Threats, CNBC Reports Insider Bribery on Rise, Wyatt to Speak at Forrester Forum on new Trusted Insider Strategy
The move comes after special counsel Robert Mueller’s indictment of 12 Russians believed to have used the accounts as fronts in US election hacking. Continue reading Twitter shutters accounts linked to US election hacking
President Donald Trump drew sharp criticism Monday from former intelligence officials and lawmakers after refusing to acknowledge or condemn Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election while standing alongside Russian President Vladimir Putin. Following a closed-door tête-à-tête in Helsinki, Finland, the two leaders held a joint 45-minute press conference. During the wide-ranging session, among other things, the sitting U.S. president publicly declined to back the unanimous findings of his own U.S. intelligence community – that Russia interfered in the 2016 presidential election, through a series of cyberattacks and carefully orchestrated information campaigns. “They said they think it’s Russia; I have asked President Putin, he just said ‘It’s not Russia,” Trump said. “I have great confidence in my intelligence people, but I will tell you that President Putin was extremely strong and powerful in his denial today.” Within an hour, former intelligence chiefs were panning Trump and his statements at the press […]
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Knatokie Ford is working with storytellers to bring diversity and authenticity to portrayals of minorities in science and tech. Continue reading The Former Obama Advisor On a Mission to Build a Brighter Future for STEM
Eight members of the National Infrastructure Advisory Council resigned last week, citing insufficient attention to the growing threats to the cybersecurity by the Trump Administration. Continue reading CEOs Resign from Trump’s Cybersecurity Commission
The “impenetrable cybersecurity unit” that President Donald Trump talked about forming with Russia won’t happen, but U.S. officials will open a dialogue with their Kremlin counterparts about “rules of the road” in cyberspace, White House homeland security adviser Tom Bossert said Friday. It’s the first time a senior Trump administration cybersecurity official has addressed the issue since the president’s notorious tweet earlier this month. Putin & I discussed forming an impenetrable Cyber Security unit so that election hacking, & many other negative things, will be guarded.. — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 9, 2017 The tweet, saying Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin had “discussed forming an impenetrable Cybersecurity unit so that election hacking, & many other negative things, will be guarded,” set off a firestorm of derision and criticism from experts. Trump eventually seemed to retreat from the idea, but Bossert’s comments Friday made clear there will be an effort to open a […]
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Former AT&T CSO, Ed Amoroso, says government needs to shift from talk to action when it comes to cybersecurity. Continue reading Trump’s Cybersecurity Executive Order Under Fire
The country’s top cybersecurity boss said the country is headed the wrong way when it comes to cybersecurity. Continue reading Trump’s Cybersecurity Boss Talks Priorities